Flange-lubricator.



P. L. GABRIS a; ofH. JEFFREY.

FLANGE LUBRICATOR. APPLICATION FIL* Patente Jn@ SM5, 1914.

ED OUT. 27, 1911.

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Jig/qnt A PATENT OFFICE.

Einsam I.. capa-rs Np To alt io/Lom it may] concern.' i

Be 1t known thatwe, FILnEn'r L. Garnis andCI-IARLES H. JEFFERY, of St.Paul, Ramsey county, Minnesota, have invented `certain new and usefulImprovements in Flange-LubricatorsLof,which the following is aspecification.'

.connection with the i a locomotive,

. within control of the engineer for Vbodying our invention,

. .Tlieobject of our invention is to provide a. lubricating device' foruse particularly in drivingwheel flanges 'oftrol of the engineer inthecab for the par# pose ofapplying grease to the' flanges on curves inthe tracker any other lace where the lubricating of the anges isdesirable.

`The object of our invention is to provide.. a simple, inexpensivedevice by means of',-

which the hllirieatingagent can be easily and quickly applied.

-The invention consists generally in a repreferably in stick form,having suitable connections with the wheel'ilange and means v ositiyelyfeeding the. lubricating agent to t c flange.

Further the inventi'on consists in jacketing the receptacle 4to the endthat it may be inclosed in an envelop of steam in c old weather.

'In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure1 is an out-l side view of a flange lubricating device cmsectional viewshowing the yconstruction kof the device, and the manner of applying thegrease to the fiange. Fig. 3is a side elevation of a locomotive, with-aortion of the cab broken away, showing At e preferred manl lner ofmounting our invention therein.

ln the drawing, 2 -represents a portion of a locomotive driving w inwhich the hard grease, preferably in stick form, is placed. This'cylinder has a cone shaped lower end 4' provided with a dis. chargeopening 5 from which a pi'. 6 cxtcnds, terminating in a nozzle `7 v o'rubber or other flexible material, the other end of which is preferablyrecessed'to conform to the wheel flange andfdelivcr the lubricatingagent thereon. The pipe 6 is attached tothe lower end or cap 4-and thislower end or cap 4 is threaded on to the cylinder 3, as clearly shown inthe drawings. The stick of grease is placed in the cylinder by removingthis lower end or ca Ll. T his nozzle is adjustably secured to tie pipe6 by a clamp 8 and cylint the device being under the concates the piston11:

.. pressure applied to the Fig. 2 1s a vertical...4

eeland 3 a 'c lindery at the bottom, and I air. reservoir. willadmit afew lpounds of air v'iinisizuanTLUBarribaron.,

may be removed at any 4time for substitution when worn. The cylinder 3also has a. head 9 on which is mounted a second cylinder 10,

preferably of smaller diameter than the cylinder 3 and concentrictherewith. A piston Y p Specicatin of Letters Patent.Y Patented Jline16, 191 4; e Y i appiicatibnaied october a7,l 1911. semi NQ. 657,121.

ll'is `provided in the cylinder 3 and its stem or rod 12 extends througha hole 13 in the head 9 and .into the api'ston or plun er 14- at itsupper end.

cylinder 10 and carries This lunger 14 slides back and forth in the er10 and at the saine time rccipro- A pipe 15 extends from the cylinder 10to the c ab of the locomotive and from thence to an. air reservoir 15which is connected with is provided in the pipe 1'5 and a reguthe`engieel. It is not neces- A greased at all -t1ines,'and hence the valve16 may be closed and opened only whenV the locomotive is rounding acurve or when, in thejudginent of the engineer, the flanges should belubriis provided'in the pipe cated.: A gage 16" `15 to enable theengineer to determine t iston cylinders. \Ar's-.-hergetgforgimstatv.w'p'i'efer to use hard greasein stick form in the cylinder 3 and -:foruse in cold weather we inclosc the cylinder 3 with a jacket intake pipe17 and a discharge pipe 18 for the-,water of condensation. .lhis jacketis preferably connected at its lower end to the head 4 by'means of a,link 19 and a `pin 20.

The steain lpipe 17, (see Fig. 3) 1s connected with the exhaustfrom'thesteam end .a pump in the usual way. .A reducing valve -latin' .valve 16-is provided in said, pipe within the cab, by means of which `ner cancontrol the ap' lication ot the grease to the fiange of the wli 4 sarythat'the flange should be 16 having a steam of the ai r chamber of theen inc and the eir-k haust steam, flowing around the cylinder 3,

will pi'event'thc grease from becoming congealed in cold lweather. Thegrease inay be inserted. intoV the cylinder 3 inv any suitable manner,preferably by iinscirewing-=the head the connection-:with the 'lheengineer device and may applyreade tothe flanges.

of tll'e wheels only w seems necessary. V i

We claim as'our invention:-

A locomotive flange-lubriatin" device including in combinatioma cyln eradapted en ,the application to 'contain a viscous lubricating agent,said cylinder having a. cone-shaped Vlower end be connected to' saidVcylin er and securedthereto, siiiA g I mg therethrough of A 10ofsubstantially the nozzle having an open- 4uniform diameter Yand samediameter as the away on one side thereof to correspond to the v ange,whereby the lubricant is directed to the flange of the wheel,

with a'relatively large centrnhopeninfr there- 5 heving u`n unobstructedpasszige'of uniform' diameter therethrough, a fiexibie nozzle extendingover the outer end of said tube and diameter of said -tube, Vsaid nozzlebeing cut e piston in said Icylinder, a second cylinu, er connected tothev irst named cylinder, ripiston'in said' second cylinder, u rodconnectlng said Apistons and u pipe connecting the second cylinder abovethe piston therei wit! zi source of Huid pressure-supply'.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set 1 911. I

